Gary Thomas: Sacred Pathways

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Self-Evaluation on the Sacred Pathways

Rate yourself on each of these ten pathways 1-5. Have your spouse do the same thing. Then look at your church and see how it does or does not fit your rankings, recognizing that no church is going to fit all of these and that some of them are fairly hard for any church service to fit very well.
1 = Run away! Run away! This is soooo not me!
2 = I don’t lean toward, nor away. It’s just sort of there
3 = Hmmm…yep, I see this fitting me a bit.
4 = Well, sure..if I could figure out how to do it.
5 = Yes! That’s me in a nutshell!

_______ Naturalist Pathway
--------------Loving God out of doors
_______ Sensate Pathway
--------------Loving God with the senses, art, beauty
_______ Traditionalist Pathway
--------------Loving God through ritual and symbol
_______ Ascetics Pathway
--------------Loving God in solitude and simplicity
_______ Activist Pathway
--------------Loving God through confrontation, fixing society
_______ Caregivers Pathway
--------------Loving God by serving others, the needy
_______ Enthusiasts Pathway
--------------Loving God with mystery and celebration
_______ Contemplatives Pathway
--------------Loving God through adoration and time
_______ Intellectuals Pathway
--------------Loving God with the mind, ideas, thinking
_______ Relationships Pathway
--------------Loving God with social connections, friendships